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They Rule + Greenpeace = Exposed ExxonMobil Secrets
The secret’s out. Climate sceptics being funded by ExxonMobil can no longer hide behind the name of a front group. A new website – www.exxonsecrets.org – exposes the links between ExxonMobil money and the
Code Flinging Warriors
1. Two web artists (net.legends) will face-off in a ring to alter a web page – the cyber-ring — live. The resulting changes will be seen by the public on a screen and by
I/O Brush: Photographic paintbrush that paints with movement and colour
I/O Brush is a new drawing tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by “picking up” and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has
Flickeur – create a unique film with a click
Flickeur (pronounced like Voyeur) randomly retrieves images from Flickr.com and creates an infinite film with a style that can vary between stream-of-consciousness, documentary or video clip. I’m intrigued by this, think about it for a
Transformers take over Uxbridge
Chris Rose, designer, has remixed a series of photos of London’s Brunel Universities Uxbridge Campus. See all the photos here. Via Boing
Dr.D Coldplay diagnosis at Brit Awards
“This evening at 10:00 pm dr.d hit a billboard bang opposite the Brit awards, the British music industry’s annual self-congratulatory love-fest. For all their talk of fair trade, presumably Chris Martin and the other
SVEN – Surveillance Video Entertainment Network
The SVEN – Surveillance Video Entertainment Network (formerly AI to the People) project asks the question: If computer vision technology can be used to detect when you look like a terrorist, criminal, or other
Erwin Wurm exhibits me
Went and saw the Erwin Wurm: Glue Your Brain exhibition at the MCA Sydney on Saturday morning, with my good friend Melissa. Not only did we laugh and contemplate the humour and
Urban Chaos >> Manipulative Grafitti
Look I know I should be writing my own impression of the stuff that inspires me, but I’m still in holiday mode – forgive. So, there’s a kid called Piero who’s incredibly cool…so cool that
Greyworlds Urban Sketches
“Greyworld’s Urban Sketches installation (click gallery/new media) is an interactive work that makes the space and its inhabitants both the subject of the work and its authors. A hidden camera records the space and its
Transparent Billboards
So I’m checking out Neural.it, and follow a link to the Billboard Liberation Front and found this inspiring photography project by Kasia Kesicka. It mimics the flickr pool on transparent screens but is nonetheless
Interactive Mechanical Mirrors
The 4 mechanical mirrors are made of various materials but share the same behavior and interaction; any person standing in front of one of these pieces is instantly reflected on its surface. The mechanical
Safe Bedside Table or a journey to the Dark Side
It is reported that 50% of people in London are worried about security and sleep with some form of self-defence to hand, for use against intruders. Doesn’t fear turn to anger, anger turn to hate